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7.CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />City of Ramsey Improvement Project 17-00proposes to reconstruct the bituminous pavement <br />section,to remove and replace damaged concrete curb and gutter, and to complete miscellaneous <br />appurtenant work on Sunwood Drive between Ramsey Boulevard/CSAH 56 and Bunker Lake <br />Boulevard /CSAH 116. <br />It is the recommendation of City staff that City Project No. 17-00is feasible, necessary, and cost- <br />effective from an engineering standpoint, and that this projectwould best be constructed as a <br />stand-alone projectas proposed herein. <br />The following Staff recommendations related to the proposed project are presented forCouncil <br />considerationand concurrence: <br />1.Staff recommends reconstructing the segment of Sunwood Drive between Ramsey <br />Boulevard/CSAH 56 and Bunker Lake Boulevard /CSAH 116asproposed herein in 2017 <br />thereby meeting current State Aid design standards and allowing all project costs to be <br />eligible forthe use of special assessmentsper the City’s Special Assessments Policy. <br />2.Staff recommends ordering an benefit appraisal consultation report to ensure that the <br />preliminary special assessments proposed herein willnot exceed the benefit received as a <br />result ofthe improvementsin accordance with the City’s Special Assessments Policy. <br />3.Staff recommends reconstructing the off-road bike trail along the north side of Sunwood <br />Drive at a later date pending adoption of the City’s Trail Maintenance Policy/Program. <br />4.Staff recommends excluding private irrigation system workfrom this project, and from <br />all future City Improvement Projects, and insteadrecommends notifyingproperty owners <br />of pending construction as far in advance as possibleand instructingthem to relocate <br />theirprivate irrigation system(s)away fromthe construction area during construction, <br />thenallow replacement in or near the original location after construction is complete. <br />The City Council is asked to act on the following items relatedto the proposed project: <br />1.Adopt Resolution #17-03-057accepting theFeasibility Report, including the preliminary <br />assessment roll as proposed, and ordering preparation of Plans and Specifications for City <br />Improvement Project #17-00, Sunwood Drive Reconstruction. <br />Feasibility Report <br />Sunwood Drive Reconstruction <br />City of RamseyProject No. 17-00 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />